Category: Members’ News

Chapter member Rich Wagner will present the keynote address on Saturday May 16, 2026 at 11 AM. for the opening of the exhibit at the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, PA. His colonial brewing system will be on  display. Cheers to 250: Brewing in America invites visitors to raise a glass to the rich…

In this 1839 watercolor by David Johnston Kennedy, street embankments have been built through a section of low ground near Rittenhouse Square. The city was only responsible for building the streets to the regulated grade; filling up or cutting down the private property in the center of the block was up to the owner. Courtesy…

Dec 6, 2025 10:45 AM Oliver Evans chapter members, Ron Hoess and Mike Szilagyi, are making presentations at the meeting on Saturday.You can attend in person at the address below or watch the simulcast at the link below.|https://zoom.us/j/99904526747?pwd=320xUk6UWbiLkV40QURu7ilLx73Pdh.1 Meeting ID: 999 0452 6747PasOne tap mobile+13052241968,,99904526747#,,,,*219770# US+13092053325,,99904526747#,,,,*219770# USscode: 219770 Here is the link to the chapters…

The service will be held at the Theater for the Living Arts, a very appropriate place for all to remember him. Joel donated his body to Jefferson Medical School but he will be there in spirit. Thursday, May 22, 2025 4-7pmTLA Theater334 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Joel’s wife informed me his obituary should be…

Chapter member Rich Wagner is giving a presentation, “Brewing in Norristown, Gulf Mills, and Conshohocken.” Date: Sunday March 10, 2024 at 2pm.Location: Conshohocken Brewing Company Tap Room3100 Horizon Dr, King of Prussia 19406 In August of 2022, Rich gave our chapter a tour of the former Scheidt brewery complex & Von C Brewing Co. in…

Fairmount Park Conservancy presents Trails to Ales DATESaturday, March 18, 2023 TIME1:00pm – 4:00pm LOCATIONMount Pleasant Mansion3800 Mt Pleasant DrPhiladelphia, 19121 Join beer historian Rich Wagner for a history of brewing and beer gardens on a hiking tour of East Fairmount Park. As the name of the Brewerytown neighborhood that borders East Park indicates, Philadelphia…

Oliver Evans Society for Industrial Archeology presents A GUIDED TOUR OF BEYOND THE BELL: PHILADELPHIA’S GLOBAL HERITAGE Saturday, January 28, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to noon West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology775 S Church Street, West Chester, PA 19383  In partnership with the Global Philadelphia Association, this special exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of UNESCO’s…

Two of our Oliver Evans chapter members attended the modelers convention at Malvern, March 24 to 27, 2022. Here are their thoughts on their attendance at the meeting and their involvement with railroad modeling. The Railroad Prototype Modelers (“RPM”) Valley Forge is a biennial gathering of model railroaders concerned with accurately depicting railroad equipment, structures,…

South Street History Museum Exhibits on Display March 5th 12th, 19th, 26th , 12 noon to 6 pm Joel Spivak has been involved with South Street for many years; he has lived in the area since 1969. That’s when he became involved in documenting its history and collecting artifacts related to its commercial and communal…

The New Jersey Chapter of the National Railway Historical Societypresents a Zoom program Underground Philadelphia:From Caves and Canals to Tunnels and Transit Jan 24, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) WJC member Joel Spivak will present his program on Underground Philadelphia. The program is based on a book by Harry Kyriadkodis and Joel that…